Research: Physical
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Faculty
Scott L. Anderson
Gas-phase reaction dynamics, nanoparticle surface chemistry, fuel chemistry using laser, ion beam, surface science, and mass spec methods.
Peter B. Armentrout
Mass spectrometry to study thermochemistry and dynamics of biological, environmental, organometallic and plasma reactions.
Michael H. Bartl
Micro- and Nanophotonics: novel optical concepts that allow one to actively control and manipulate photons in revolutionary new ways.
William H. Breckenridge (Emeritus)
Laser spectroscopy to characterize the structure and reactivity of metal-atom van der Waals complexes and metal oxide molecules.
Edward M. Eyring
Reaction mechanisms in liquids using IR stacking plots and EPR spectroscopy; cleaner diesel engine fuels.
Peter F. Flynn
Biologically active macromolecules using a combination of NMR and biophysical methods to elucidate the origins of biological activity.
David M. Grant
NMR spectroscopy of liquids and solids; small molecules and reactive intermediates in inert gas matrices at cryogenic temperatures.
Joel M. Harris
Analytical methods using fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy for characterizing liquid/solid interfaces and nanostructured materials.
Joel S. Miller
Preparing and studying new magnetic materials based on molecular inorganic, organometallic, and organic chemistry.
Valeria Molinero
Computer simulations and statistical mechanics methods to investigate disordered materials, from monatomic liquids to nanostructured polyelectrolyte membranes.
Michael D. Morse
Gas phase laser spectroscopy to study the electronic and geometric structure of metal and semiconductor clusters, and metal-ligand complexes.
Marc D. Porter
High-throughput methods, miniaturizing analytical instrumentation, FTIR, STM, AFM, SERS, electrochemistry, fluorescence microscopy, acoustic wave techniques, and spectroelectrochemistry.
Jennifer S. Shumaker-Parry
Development and application of surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based sensing methods for studying molecular recognition between biomolecules.
Jack P. Simons
Structures and properties of molecules and ions, especially anions. using quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, and reaction dynamics.
Thanh N. Truong
Development and application of computational methods for complex gas-phase combustion systems, structure and activity of metal oxides-gas and -liquid interfaces, and zeolite catalysis.
Gregory A. Voth
New theoretical and computer simulation methods to study fundamental condensed phase dynamical processes, biomolecular systems, and novel materials.
Charles A. Wight
Wight's group studies solid-state kinetics of high explosives; they also characterize novel free radicals formed in cryogenic solids by EPR and FTIR.
Courses
- Chemical Dynamics
- Chemical Kinetics
- Classical Thermodynamics
- Computational Chemistry Laboratory
- Condensed Phase Spectroscopy
- Gas-Phase Spectroscopy
- Introduction to Quantum Mechanics I & II
- Introduction to Spectroscopy I. II, & III
- Statistical Mechanics
- Statistical Thermodynamics